Improvement in kitchen-tables



JOHN SHAW, 0F WHITBY, OANADA.

Letters Patent No. 112,083, dated February 21, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN KITCHEN-TABLES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making parl: of thesame.

I, JOHN SHAW, of the town of Whitby, in the connty of Ontario andProvince oi' Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented certainImprovements in Kitchen-Tables, of which the following is avspecification.

' Nat'wre and Objects of the Invention. 4

The object of my invention is to construct a table whichcombines akneading-trough,bake-board, cupboard, spice-drawer, and kitchen-table,all in one.

Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

Figure I, isometrical view.

Figure II, section longitudinal.

General Description.

A is a trough for kneading the dongh;` it can be made any convenientdepth or shape, but a semicircit lar shape is preferred.

a is a. vent for the escape of the water after cleaning, and is stoppedby a Wooden plug.

B is the' bake-board, which is a rectangular hollow tray, any convenientdepth, and slides on "a tongueand-groove joint over the body of thetable, covering the kneading-trough A.

C is the movable tcp of the table, and is held to the bake-board Beither by three cleats,'1)` D D, or hinges, whichever way maybe foundmost convenient.

TE is a cupboard for holding pans and other necessary articles, and isfitted up with two or more shelves, Y

and is closed by a door in the ordinary way.

F is a drawer for holding spices, and is divided into compartments forthat purpose.

Claim.

"What I claim as my invention is-f The combination oi' thekueading-trongh A, bakeboard B, movable top C, held to the table-hoard Bby thrcecleats, D D D, or hinges G, the cupboard E, and the spice-drawerF, suhstantially'as described.

WVitnesses: JOHN SHAW.'

Gi Youre SMITH,

0f the Town of Whitby, Barrister. S. B. HALL,

Of the Town of Whitby, LawrStudent.

